Chapter 18: Enthusiasm of a child
"Dad! Dad! Look what mom showed me!" A young Belk shouted in excitement, holding up a piece of amber as he rushed into the chief’s hut, rubbing the amber together with a piece of his fabric until his hair started to stand laughing all the while. The chief watched on with a soft smile of endearment towards his son watching as the boy soon stopped and looked at him with a short gasp escaping his lips.
"Father! Did you know something called space existed?" The child pondered with an innocent grin, clearly proud of the knowledge he held. "There’s stars that stretch on for miles and miles!"
"Apparently, there’s other planets like ours out there! Don’t you think that’s neat?" He stated, waiting for his father to respond but only a soft chuckle escaped his lips.
"Did your mother tell you that?" He pondered, his expression almost a weary smile.
His son stopped, his expression sombers for a bit at his fathers weary tone before smiling softly back at him.
"Yeah..."
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"Where did I go wrong..." The chief muttered to himself in his lonesome, sitting in his hut with a soft groan of frustration, his large hands carding through his hair as if to push back the stress.
"I thought this would’ve been just a phase...but—" His thoughts were interrupted, an urgent boisterous cry right outside his confines. Rushing in, Vagnis bursted in unannounced, panting heavily all the while.